49 Facts About Zach Braff

Zachary Israel Braff was born on April 6,1975 and is an American actor and filmmaker.

Zach Braff starred in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, The Last Kiss, The Ex, and In Dubious Battle.

Zach Braff has done voice-work for Chicken Little, Oz the Great and Powerful, and the Netflix series BoJack Horseman.

In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State in which he starred.

Zach Braff shot the film in his home state of New Jersey with a budget of $2.5 million.

Zach Braff won numerous awards for his directing work and won the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005.

Zach Braff directed his second film, Wish I Was Here, which he partially funded with a Kickstarter campaign.

Zach Braff has appeared on stage, in the dark comedy All New People, in which he starred, and wrote.

Zach Braff played the lead role in a musical adaptation of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway in 2014.

Zach Braff was born in South Orange, New Jersey, and grew up there and in neighboring Maplewood.

Zach Braff's father, Harold Irwin "Hal" Braff, was a trial attorney, professor and alumnus at Rutgers Law School, a founder of the state's American Inns of Court and an elected trustee of the National Inns of Court Foundation.

Zach Braff's parents divorced and remarried others during Braff's childhood.

Zach Braff's father was born into a Jewish family and Zach Braff's mother, originally a Protestant, converted to Judaism before marrying his father.

Zach Braff's other brother, Adam Braff, is a writer and producer.

Zach Braff attended Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts "training center" for youth actors ages 10 to 18.

Stagedoor was where Zach Braff met and befriended actor Josh Charles.

Zach Braff knows Stagedoor alums Natalie Portman, Mandy Moore, and Joshua Radin well.

Zach Braff studied film studies at Northwestern University's School of Communication and became a brother of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity; he graduated in the class of 1997.

In 1998, Braff had a part in a George C Wolfe production of Macbeth for New York City's Public Theater.

Zach Braff was nominated for three Golden Globes and an Emmy for his work on the show.

Producers were initially reluctant to finance the film; Zach Braff wrote it in six months.

Zach Braff directed and starred in the film which was released in 2014.

Zach Braff was the executive producer of the documentary Video Games: The Movie.

Zach Braff was one of the Executive Producers of The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, released in 2014.

In 2020, Zach Braff directed the short film In The Time It Takes To Get There, starring Alicia Silverstone and Florence Pugh.

In 2021, Zach Braff was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the Apple TV+ comedy show Ted Lasso.

Zach Braff received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the Ted Lasso episode "Biscuits".

Zach Braff wrote, directed, and produced the drama film A Good Person starring Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh, it was released on March 24,2023.

Zach Braff was expected to direct Open Hearts, a remake of the 2002 Danish film Elsker dig for evigt.

In 2009, Zach Braff was working on the script for Swingles, a film based on a spec script by Duncan Birmingham; he would direct and star in the film alongside Cameron Diaz.

Zach Braff voiced the titular character in the Disney animated film Chicken Little, and has reprised the role in various Disney video games such as Chicken Little, Kingdom Hearts II, Chicken Little: Ace in Action and Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX.

Zach Braff has done voiceovers for commercials, including a PUR water campaign, Wendy's in 2007 and 2008, and in Cottonelle as the voice of the puppy.

Zach Braff provided the voice of Finley in the Disney film Oz The Great and Powerful.

In 2005, Zach Braff was featured on Punk'd when he was tricked into chasing and then beating a supposed vandal who appeared to be spray-painting his brand new Porsche.

Zach Braff was in talks to star in the film Fletch Won and had signed on to play the role eventually played by Dane Cook in Mr Brooks, but dropped out of both roles to work on Open Hearts, which he adapted from a Danish film and will direct.

Zach Braff has co-written a film version of Andrew Henry's Meadow, a children's book, with his brother, and was scheduled to direct one of the segments for the film New York, I Love You.

Zach Braff starred in the romantic drama The Last Kiss, which opened on September 15,2006.

Zach Braff tweaked several parts of Paul Haggis' script for the film, as he wanted the script to be as "real as possible" and "really courageous" regarding its subject matter.

Zach Braff starred in the Canadian indie film The High Cost of Living with Quebecois actress Isabelle Blais in 2010.

Zach Braff stated he enjoyed filming in the country in which The Last Kiss was shot.

Zach Braff returned to the Public Theater in 2002, in a part in Twelfth Night, staged in Central Park.

In mid-2010, Zach Braff took a lead role in Trust, at the Second Stage Theatre, a contemporary Off-Broadway theater company.

In early 2011, Zach Braff announced that he had written a play to be performed at the Second Stage Theatre in mid-2011.

In 2009, Zach Braff opened up the restaurant Mermaid Oyster Bar in New York City with chef and high school friend Laurence Edelman, as well as Danny Abrams.

Proprietors of the Rio Theater in Monte Rio, California credited Zach Braff with making the donation that put their Kickstarter campaign over the target to buy a digital projector over its $60,000 goal in May 2013.

Zach Braff has previously dated actress Mandy Moore, from 2004 to 2006.

Zach Braff has had relationships with model Taylor Bagley, from 2009 to 2014, and actress Florence Pugh, from 2019 to 2022.

Zach Braff directed her in his 2019 short film In the Time it Takes to Get There and the drama film A Good Person.

In November 2008, Zach Braff earned his pilot's license flying a Cirrus SR20.